Process of Care

Heart Attack

Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG

This Hospital:

8

State:

9

Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival

This Hospital:

88.0%

State:

95.8%

Heart Failure

Percent of patients who were given an evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)

This Hospital:

88.0%

Missouri:

98.0%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:

83.0%

State:

91.2%

Pneumonia

Percent of Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival

Here:

87.0%

State:

95.8%

Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics

This Hospital:

92.0%

State:

97.5%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:

84.0%

State:

98.4%

Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)

Here:

67.0%

Missouri:

93.6%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:

82.0%

Missouri:

92.8%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:

86.0%

Missouri:

95.7%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:

10.9%

State:

11.6%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:

10.4%

State:

11.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:

27.4%

State:

24.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:

20.8%

State:

18.9%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Fewer than 100Survey Response Rate: 28%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:

5%

Missouri:

5%

Usually

Here:

17%

State:

18%

Always

Here:

78%

State:

77%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:

5%

State:

4%

Usually

This Hospital:

12%

State:

15%

Always

This Hospital:

83%

State:

81%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:

3%

State:

9%

Usually

This Hospital:

24%

Missouri:

26%

Always

This Hospital:

73%

State:

65%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:

16%

State:

7%

Usually

This Hospital:

19%

State:

24%

Always

This Hospital:

65%

State:

69%

How often did staff explain about medicines before giving them to patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:

20%

State:

21%

Usually

Here:

15%

Missouri:

18%

Always

Here:

65%

Missouri:

61%

How often were the patients' rooms and bathrooms kept clean?

Sometimes or never

Here:

5%

Missouri:

9%

Usually

Here:

20%

Missouri:

19%

Always

Here:

75%

State:

72%

How often was the area around patients' rooms kept quiet at night?

Sometimes or never

Here:

7%

Missouri:

11%

Usually

This Hospital:

33%

Missouri:

31%

Always

This Hospital:

60%

Missouri:

58%

Were patients given information about what to do during their recovery at home?

Yes

This Hospital:

84%

Missouri:

84%

No

Here:

16%

State:

16%

How do patients rate the hospital overall on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)?

6 or lower

Here:

9%

State:

9%

7 or 8

Here:

29%

State:

23%

9 or 10

This Hospital:

62%

State:

68%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No

This Hospital:

3%

State:

5%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:

23%

Missouri:

27%

Yes, definitely

Here:

74%

State:

68%

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